Table 3. Standard errors for defined benefit retirement plans: Employee contributionrequirement and method of contribution, State and local government workers, NationalCompensation Survey, March 2013

Characteristics

Employeecontributionrequired

Fixed percent of annual earnings1

Employeecontributionnot required

Total

Mean fixedpercent ofannualearnings

Median fixedpercent ofannualearnings

All workers

1.4

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.4

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

1.6

1.7

0.1

0.1

1.6

Professional and related

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.5

Teachers

1.7

1.9

0.1

[2]

1.7

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

1.9

1.9

0.1

0.1

1.9

Service

1.5

1.8

0.1

0.2

1.5

Protective service

2.2

2.7

0.2

0.2

2.2

Sales and office

2.2

2.5

0.2

0.2

2.2

Office and administrative support

2.2

2.5

0.2

0.1

2.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.0

2.1

0.2

0.0

2.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

2.7

3.7

0.3

0.4

2.7

Full time

1.5

1.7

0.1

0.1

1.5

Part time

1.9

2.6

0.2

0.5

1.9

Union

1.8

2.1

0.1

0.1

1.8

Nonunion

1.8

1.8

0.2

0.0

1.8

Average wage within the following categories:3

Lowest 25 percent

1.9

2.0

0.2

0.1

1.9

Lowest 10 percent

2.6

2.9

0.3

0.7

2.6

Second 25 percent

1.8

2.1

0.1

0.1

1.8

Third 25 percent

2.1

2.2

0.1

0.1

2.1

Highest 25 percent

1.4

1.7

0.1

0.2

1.4

Highest 10 percent

1.4

2.0

0.1

0.2

1.4

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.5

Education and health services

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.5

Educational services

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.5

Elementary and secondary schools

1.7

1.8

0.1

0.1

1.7

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2.7

2.8

0.3

0.2

2.7

Healthcare and social assistance

4.4

4.6

0.2

0.4

4.4

Hospitals

5.7

6.0

0.3

0.1

5.7

Public administration

2.5

2.5

0.2

0.4

2.5

1 to 99 workers

3.4

3.5

0.5

0.3

3.4

1 to 49 workers

2.5

3.1

0.3

0.4

2.5

50 to 99 workers

6.0

6.3

0.8

0.7

6.0

100 workers or more

1.4

1.5

0.1

0.1

1.4

100 to 499 workers

2.9

3.2

0.2

0.1

2.9

500 workers or more

1.2

1.4

0.1

0.1

1.2

State government

2.6

2.6

0.2

0.3

2.6

Local government

1.5

1.6

0.1

0.1

1.5

Geographic areas

Middle Atlantic

1.2

1.2

0.2

0.2

1.2

East North Central

4.0

4.0

0.2

0.2

4.0

West North Central

1.7

1.7

0.4

0.7

1.7

South Atlantic

2.2

2.2

0.2

0.8

2.2

Pacific

5.2

5.4

0.2

0.0

5.2

1The employee contributes a fixed percentage of his or herearnings to the retirement plan.

3Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categoriesbased on the average wage for the occupation, which may includeworkers with earnings both above and below the threshold. Thecategories were formed using percentile estimates generatedusing data from the National Compensation Survey publication,"Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March&nbs
p;2013."

2Less than 0.05.

NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did notmeet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, keyprovisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of EmployeeBenefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20122013.htm.